Medium severity · published Mar 1, 2023
CVE-2023-20075
Vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands
6.7
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
These vulnerability is due to improper input validation in the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting operating system commands into a legitimate command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Email Security Appliance · Cisco
12.5.0 before 12.5.3-041; 13.0.0 before 13.0.5-007; 13.5.0 before 13.5.4-038; 14.0.0 before 14.2.1-020; 14.3.0 before 14.3.0-032 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20075
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20075
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-sma-privesc-9DVkFpJ8
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